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See which platforms your income comes from.
Reports, planning tools and guides: everything you need to prepare and grow your release, in one place.
Every reporting period, your earnings are added to your dashboard, broken down by store, country and track.
See which platforms your income comes from.
Find the markets where your listeners are.
Track which songs in your catalog are taking off.
These visuals are examples; you'll find your own data under Finance in Workstation.
Pick your release date and we'll work out the date of every step, from preparation to your first earnings report.
This date is very close. Editorial pitching needs at least 7 days; we recommend uploading 3–4 weeks ahead.
Audio as WAV (16/24-bit, 44.1 kHz), artwork as a 3000×3000 px JPG.
This leaves enough time for review and delivery to stores.
Your followers will find the song in their library on release day.
Spotify editorial pitches must be sent at least 7 days before release.
Share your links; engagement in the first 24 hours matters to the algorithms.
Follow your streams in Spotify for Artists and Apple Music for Artists.
Store reports usually arrive 2–3 months later and are then added to Workstation.
Most store rejections and missed earnings come down to small mistakes in these areas.
An ISRC identifies each recording; a UPC identifies the release (single, EP or album). Earnings are matched using these codes. If you re-release the same recording, keep its ISRC: its stream and earnings history builds up on that code. If you don't have codes, Workstation generates them for free during upload.
Once your first release appears on Spotify, claim your profile at artists.spotify.com. A verified profile gives you pitching, your profile photo, Canvas and detailed listener data. Approval usually takes a few days.
Spell your artist name the same way on every release. Put guest artists in the "featuring" field, not in the title. Only use words like "Official" or "Remastered 2026" in a title when they are actually true. Incorrect metadata is the most common reason stores reject a release.
Artwork must be square, at least 3000×3000 px and RGB. It must not contain web addresses, social media handles, prices or another brand's logo. Stores may reject artwork that is blurry, cropped at the edges or doesn't match the title.
An OAC merges your channel and your "Topic" channel on YouTube Music into one official channel. To apply, your channel needs at least three official releases and must follow YouTube's policies. You can send the request from the YouTube OAC section in Workstation.
The recording (master) is the audio you hear; the composition is the lyrics and music. Distribution collects the recording's income, while the composition's mechanical and performance royalties are collected through publishing. If you wrote the song, part of that income is probably not reaching you yet.
Short explanations of the terms you'll see in contracts and reports.
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